I'm in the Senate Radio-TV Gallery after finishing up a press conference with Sen. Barbara Boxer. Last month, she announced legislation to have the EPA set up a CO2 cap-and-trade system. So, today I asked her about what qualities she wants from the President-elect's nominee for EPA administrator.
Her answer? Well, to summarize, Essentially every quality that Mary Nichols has. We're expecting Barack Obama to announce his energy & environmental team sometime soon. And the Environment and Public Works Chair was effusive in her support for Nichols. Their California roots run deep.
Then again, she sounds as though she'll support whomever the President-elect nominates, likely to be Nichols or Lisa Jackson, given the senator's take on current Administrator Stephen Johnson. She told me, "He's been a nightmare! He has actually given me nightmares."
Change, according to the EPW chair, is good.
And she's not wasting any time with the new administration. Her climate change bill should drop in January.
You can read Barbara Boxer's statement on her plans for cap-and-trade legislation on her committee's website: <http://epw.senate.gov/publ
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